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7 Cool Things You Should Know About Opossums

Opossums may not win a beauty pageant, since these marsupials look similar to oversized rats, but they actually aren’t nearly as gnarly as they appear.

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The Armistice Day Blizzard of 1940

Call it a Weather Bomb, Perfect Storm, whatever. By any name, or any way you looked at it, the developing atmospheric brew spelled trouble.

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Why Do Leaves Change Color?

There is much speculation and folklore associated with the spectacular colors Iowans enjoy every fall in our hardwood forests.

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Iowa's Sought-after Mystery Fruit: The Pawpaw

Called the “Indiana banana,” “custard apple” and other handles, the pawpaw (Asimina triloba) tree grows through the southeast and lower Midwest.

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6 Cool Things You Might Not Know About Raccoons

Whether you call them trash bandits or just ‘coons, most everyone in Iowa has met this prominent Midwest mammal. See how well you know your local masked bandit.

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How to Identify Iowa’s Poisonous Plants

“Leaves of three, let it be.” Many of us had this mantra drilled into us as children, and we continue to repeat it when we venture into the woods today.

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Iowa's Best Hikes for Fall

Iowa – offers some incredible hikes in our state parks and forests, especially in fall.

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5 Cool Things You Might Not Know About Otters

While assorted species of otters live on all but two continents, the only species we have in Iowa today is the North American river otter.

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11 Extinct Animals You Didn’t Know Were Iowan

As the eons have seen many species come and go across the globe, you may be surprised by some of the species that once called what we now know as Iowa home.